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...proceeded to the stage of lining up witnesses to testify before the Judiciary Committee hearings held several week ago. Cognizant that most of the committee members were trial lawyers by training. Oteri sought testimony that would underline two recurring themes: the present penalties for marijuana possession served both to bog down courts and tie up valuable law enforcement manpower on the one hand, and to eat up unnecessary amounts of the tax-payers dollars...
Technical problems, resulting from the low budget of the production, bog down the action. Restricted to only one living room set and street clothes for costumes, the show becomes even more dependent on its actors. Genovese's clothes seem particularly incongruous, unless her white raincoat is intended to make an ironic comment on her lack of purity. In addition, Berger blocks clumsily; his actors often seem unsure where to position themselves. Evidently, because he authored the drama, he fails to separate himself from his characters...
...obstinate bog, and sinks precipitate...
Where 76,500 Giant fans sat on Sunday, there was once a Giant fen. East Rutherford, New Jersey residents, in fact, never envisioned a big-time football stadium in their private bog--they had in mind a couple of factories, maybe a sewage plant, or something. But a few years back, then-Jersey-governor William Cahill and a bunch of guys he assembled into an outfit known as the "New Jersey Sports and Exposition Commission" headed by Sonny Werblin, came along, and were so taken by the idea of bringing professional football to the financially troubled state that they decided...
...called justice amendment, all delegates would be legally free to vote for whomever they wished. Reagan delegates fought the change on the ground that state laws differ in the delegate-selection process and are not really clear on whether delegates are firmly bound. The convention, Reagan aides warned, could bog down in wrangling over interpretations, case by case. Yet Rhode Island National Committeeman Fred Lippitt pointed to the probable futility of the Reagan position: "I don't think anyone believes someone should violate his state's laws...